MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
film
1944
Soundtrack. MUSIC & WORDS: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, others. ORCH: Conrad Salinger. COND: George Stoll. CAST: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Lucille Bremer, Harry Davenport, Joan Carroll, Mary Astor, Arthur Freed (for Leon Ames), Henry H Daniels Jr, Tom Drake. (Hollywood Soundstage 5007; CD/Promo Sound(I) 60026, with Every Sunday & Ziegfeld Girl. More complete: CD/Rhino R2-71958, incl Garland: "Boys and Girls like You and Me" (dropped before release). Excerpts: Garland: "The Trolley Song" (ALB-8, ALB-289, ALB-1704, ALB-1755, ALB-1782, ALB-1834, ALB-2247) "The Boy Next Door" (ALB-8, ALB-289, ALB-454, ALB-1704, ALB-2247) "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (ALB-416, ALB-1673, ALB-1704, ALB-2247) Garland, O'Brien: "Under the Bamboo Tree" (ALB-252, ALB-1704, ALB-2247).)
1944 album by Judy Garland of orig cast, with chorus. COND: George Stoll (of orig prod). "Meet Me in St Louis, Louis," "Skip to My Lou," "The Trolley Song," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "The Boy Next Door;" "Boys and Girls like You and Me" (by Rodgers & Hammerstein, dropped before release) (78/Dec album 380; Dec 8498, with The Harvey Girls; CD/MCA MCAD-11491, with Girl Crazy & The Harvey Girls; ALB-1576. Incomplete: ALB-7. Excerpts: "The Trolley Song" (ALB-511, ALB-887, ALB-915, ALB-1249, ALB-1886) "Meet Me in St Louis, Louis" (ALB-511, ALB-887, ALB-1249) "The Boy Next Door" (ALB-915, ALB-935, ALB-1249) "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (ALB-915, ALB-1135, ALB-1449, ALB-2321).)
Recordings sung by the composers. Hugh Martin & the Martins: "Skip to My Lou" (adapted with new lyrics by Martin) (1942: 78/Col 36480) (Soundtrack from a contemp soundie: ALB-2243) "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "The Trolley Song," "The Boy Next Door" (1956: ALB-193) Martin: "The Trolley Song" (1946, radio: ALB-2243) "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (2005: ALB-2243)
Later recordings by Judy Garland of orig cast. "The Trolley Song" (ALB-189, ALB-201, ALB-240, ALB-329, ALB-461, ALB-547, ALB-762, ALB-780, ALB-1077, ALB-1078, ALB-1156, ALB-1213, ALB-1259, ALB-1283, ALB-1419, ALB-1441, ALB-1479, ALB-1575, ALB-1600, ALB-1631, ALB-1643, ALB-1892, ALB-2026, ALB-2119, ALB-2370) "The Boy Next Door" (ALB-201, ALB-329, ALB-738, ALB-1213, ALB-1287, ALB-1643, ALB-2119, ALB-2370) "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (ALB-914, ALB-1479, ALB-1673)
1959 TV prod soundtrack. Jane Powell: "The Trolley Song" (ALB-281)
Rehearsal for 1946 radio prod. VOCALS: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien. (Pelican 118)
1989 stage prod, with addl songs by Martin & Blane. ORCH: Michael Gibson. COND: Bruce Pomahac. CAST: Donna Kane, George Hearn, Milo O'Shea, Betty Garrett, Courtney Peldon, Michael O'Steen, Jason Workman, Juliet Lambert, Charlotte Moore. (CD/DRG Records CDSBL-19002)
1995 record by Andrea McArdle of the 1989 stage prod's national tour. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (ALB-1665)
From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
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